People across the world had been waiting for the Microsoft Office communications server 2007 for quite a long time and finally the wait is over. The OCS 2007 has arrived. The OCS 2007 RTM has been featured on the Microsoft website and anyone can download it from there to get a complete idea of how to go around installing the server and what are the different requirements. 

The OCS 2007 RTM also provides information on various documentation and administrator tools, their installation, their installation requirements and various troubleshooting procedures. The formal launch of the Microsoft Office communication server 2007 is slated for October 2007.

Microsoft is working on various training courses, which are:

1. 5177: This is a one-day crash course on IM and presence
2. 5178: This is a two-day course on conferencing
3. 5179: This is a two-day course on OCS 2007 and Voice.

The courses will be available only after launch although there are many speculations around them. You can find detailed information at http://www.microsoft.com/uc.

Microsoft has released documentation on the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 that will provide you with extensive information on planning, installation, configuration, and management of the Office Communications Server 2007. The documentation roadmap is a guide to information that you may not find anywhere else regarding the OCS 2007. This roadmap is so detailed and has been created in such a way that you will be able to find the necessary information without any problems or confusion.  

The Office Communications Server 2007 documentation roadmap will provide you with the following information:

• It contains a summary of all the content that can be made available on each of the documents to help administrators.
• Recommendations have been included in the documentation roadmap on how you can use the Office Communications Server 2007 to expedite the deployment with ease.
• Last but not the least, it consist of a table of details on where you can find the right information on various OCS 2007 topics.

The documentation for Office Communications Server 2007 includes various topics that any product team would consider as essential information for enhancing successful deployment. All the guides presented within the documentation roadmap have been written in such a manner that it will be easy for just about anyone to understand how he/she can deploy the Office Communications Server 2007. Some of the guides have also showcased different deployment scenarios so that most organizations can find it easy to deploy the OCS 2007.  

There are different documents like the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Technical Overview that you can read if you want just an overview of various features and technology used before installing the Office Communications Server 2007.  

If you want to get more information on the planning and deployment of the Office Communications Server 2007, then you can read the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Planning Guide. 

If you are looking for information on deployment of the Office Communications Server 2007 to a lab environment just for a demonstration of it’s various features then you can read the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition Deployment.